Hand plane basics #1: Hand plane basics part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4webO10KjzEYo whats up everybody In this video I go over how to plane down a board with not a lot of tools but make it look like you spent hours and lots of money. If you get a block plane, bench plane, and a jointer plane I guarantee that you will make your milling process a lot faster and a lot easier. I also go over how to hold a hand plane and how to start and end your cuts. I go over how to stand and how to transfer your weight. www.kostasworkshop.blogspot.com

you say that you start your milling with a jointer plane- then a bench plane – then a smoother? from my experience you start with a bench plane/jack plane/scrub plane to take off high spots, then you use the jointer to flatten the board, then a smoother to smooth it out.

Also you mention that there is a bench plane, and a jack plane, and a smooth plane…. both smooth plane and jack plane ARE bench planes… just of different sizes.

Seems like you’re putting a whole lot of effort trying to work that board with a block plane, where a bench plane would be the one to use…

you also mention that your second and thirt and forth choice of a hand plane would be x y and z, but then you clearly say that you don’t have your 2nd, 3rd…. but you do have your 7th priority … just seems out of place- I’d edit that part out as it’s inconstructive to the video educational value.

yea well I dont have the money to buy even a $30 dollor bench plane so all of those were gicen to me by my grandfather but if I find a good cheap bench plane then I will buy it. If I had the money then I would have bought a bench plane first a block plane second a jointer third and a smoother fourth but I dont have the money so I have to make do with what I have

not trying to knit-pick or anything – but your last comment says you’d bought a bench plane FIRST, and a block plane SECOND, but in your video you say it the other way around (if my memory serves me right). I understand that you might not be abel to afford planes at the moment – and that is a fair case. but the more important comments were regarding your naming conventions, strategies, and techniques which might not be in line with proper/standard hand plane usage. now – if it was just for fun – thats all good, but I’m considering the possibility that someone new might see this post, and take it as “THE” way to do things- which might confuse some people.

All I’m saying is that with posting tutorials and training online – there should be some responsibility. personally I’d add a disclaimer that “this is how I do things… maybe not the way it should be done, but it works for me” ... that usually clears a lot of confusion.

how is the restoration on that smooth plane going? (PS.. you can use a smooth plane as a regular bench plane, not necessarily for smoothing purposes only)

yo yo yo dog. love that southern accent. like john said, hang in there. you’ve got the will to go for it. i commend you on that part. not many young men interested in an old man’s hobby. glad to see you aboard. wish i had of started at your age.

peace out bro

-- God is great, wood is good. Let us thank Him for wood......and old hand tools.

Aside from the fact I can,t understand a word you,re saying ( joke) I think you,ve done really well with the tools you have .Take any criticism constructively and take note of any advice given and you,ll go a long way. Purplevs raised some good points. Just keep doin, what your doin, and best of luck.

purplev just wanted to say something I had a lot of coffee that day and I don’t even remember what I said but thanks for commenting I know that a bench plane or a block plane would be on first on my list of choices but I know in the video I said that a block plane would be my first choice but That was before I read fin woodworkings hand tool basics and realized that a bench plane would be first on my list. The plane restoration is coming along real good but it is not finished yet probably in about 2 days it will be finished.